FloridaChild Welfare
What it does
Child Welfare; Providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; requiring a physician to provide to a pharmacy a copy of certain documentation, rather than a signed attestation, with certain prescriptions, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 13Died in MessagesDied
- Mar 4In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 4CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Mar 4Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 4Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 2Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
- Feb 25CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Feb 25Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 25Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 24CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 18CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- Feb 16Now in Rules
- Feb 16Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 12CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 22CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- Jan 22Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jan 22Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
- Jan 22Original reference(s) removed: Health Policy
- Jan 20Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 20CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- Jan 15On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Dec 9Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; RulesMinor
- Nov 18FiledIntroduced